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This custom e-book combines chapters from Growth, Maturation, and Physical Activity, Second Edition, and Physiology of Exercise and Healthy Aging. It is specifically designed for students taking the course, Growth, Development, and Exercise Across the Lifespan at Queensland University of Technology.

Contents

From Growth, Maturation, and Physical Activity, Second Edition
Introductory Concepts
Prenatal Growth and Functional Development
Somatic Growth
Development of Physique
Body Composition
Heart, Blood, and Lungs
Motor Development
Strength and Motor Performance
Aerobic Performance
Anaerobic Performance
Biological Maturation: Concepts and Assessment
Timing and Sequence of Changes During Adolescence
Maturity-Associated Variation in Growth and Performance
Physical Activity As a Factor in Growth, Maturation, and Performance
Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence
Other Factors Affecting Growth, Maturation, Performance, and Activity
The Young Athlete

From Physiology of Exercise and Healthy Aging
Cardiopulmonary System
Musculoskeletal System
Nervous System
Sensory Systems
Nutrition and Diabetes
Bone Health and Osteoporosis
Bibliography and References from Physiology of Exercise and Healthy Aging

Audiences

Custom e-book for students taking the course, Growth, Development, and
Exercise Across the Lifespan at Queensland University of Technology.

Growth, Maturation, and Physical Activity, Second Edition

Robert M. Malina, PhD, FACSM, earned a doctoral degree in
physical education from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a
doctoral degree in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania at
Philadelphia. He earned honorary degrees from the Catholic University of
Leuven in Belgium and the Academy of Physical Education, Jagiellonian
University in Krakow, Poland. He was a professor of kinesiology and
anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin from 1967 to 1995 and
then moved to a similar position in kinesiology and anthropology at
Michigan State University. Dr. Malina retired from Michigan State
University in the summer of 2002. He currently is a research professor
at Tarleton State University at Stephenville, Texas, and a research
associate at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at
Michigan State University.

Professor Malina served as editor in chief of the American Journal of
Human Biology (1990-2002), editor of the Yearbook of Physical
Anthropology (1980-1986), and section editor for growth and development
for Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews (1981-1999) and Research
Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (1981-1993). He also serves on the
editorial boards of 13 journals in the sport sciences and biological
anthropology.

His primary area of interest is the biological growth and maturation of
children and adolescents with a focus on performance, youth sports and
young athletes, and the potential influences of physical activity and
training for sport. He has also worked extensively with the
anthropometric correlates of physique and body composition in female
athletes at the university level. Related areas of interest are the role
of physical activity in the well being of children, adolescents, and
young adults and the influence of chronic undernutrition on the growth,
performance, and physical activity of Latin American youth.

Claude Bouchard, PhD, FACSM, is the executive director of the
Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the George A. Bray chair in
nutrition. He holds a BPed from Laval University, an MSc in exercise
physiology from the University of Oregon at Eugene, and a PhD in
population genetics from the University of Texas at Austin. His research
deals with the genetics of adaptation to exercise and to nutritional
interventions as well as the genetics of obesity and its comorbidities.
He has authored or coauthored several books and more than 800 scientific
papers. He received the Honor Award from the Canadian Association of
Sport Sciences in 1988 and 2002, a Citation Award from the American
College of Sports Medicine in 1992, the Benjamin Delessert Award in
nutrition in France in 1993, the Willendorf Award from the International
Association for the Study of Obesity in 1994, the Sandoz Award from the
Canadian Atherosclerosis Society in 1996, the Albert Creff Award in
Nutrition from the National Academy of Medicine of France in 1997, the
TOPS award from the North American Association for the Study of Obesity
in 1998, the W. Henry Sebrell Award from the Weight Watchers Foundation
in 1999, and of an honorary doctoral degree in science from the
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1998. He has been a foreign member of
the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium since 1996 and was the Leon Mow
visiting professor at the International Diabetes Institute in Melbourne
in 1998. In 2001, he became a member of the Order of Canada as well as
professor emeritus of the faculty of medicine at Laval University. Dr.
Bouchard is a former president of the North American Association for the
Study of Obesity and the president of the International Association for
the Study of Obesity (2002-2006). Prior to coming to Pennington, he held
the Donald B. Brown research chair on obesity at Laval University.

The late Oded Bar-Or, MD, FACSM, was a professor of pediatrics
and founder and director of the Children's Exercise and Nutrition Centre
at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. His 35-year
research and clinical career focused on the effects of physical activity
and inactivity on the health, well-being, and performance of healthy
children and those with disease. During his career, he served as
president of the Canadian Association of Sports Sciences, vice president
of the American College of Sports Medicine, and president of the
International Council for Physical Fitness Research. In 2000, the
University of Blaise Pascal in France awarded him an honorary doctorate
degree. He also received the Honor Award of the North American Society
for Pediatric Medicine in 1998 and the Citation Award of the ACSM in
1997.

Physiology of Exercise and Healthy Aging

Albert W. Taylor, PhD, DSc, is a professor on the faculties of
health sciences, medicine, and dentistry at the University of Western
Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, where he teaches courses on healthy
aging and the physiology of aging. He also researches the effects of
exercise on the aging process—in particular, cancer precursors and
metabolic enzyme activities. Professor Taylor has honorary appointments
at the University of Toronto, Universite de Moncton, the Ukrainian State
University of Physical Education and Sport and Semmelweis University of
Budapest Medical University.

During his career, Taylor has published more than 300 research and
professional articles, including 54 books and manuals, and made over 500
presentations to scientific and academic groups in more than 100
countries. He has served as a peer reviewer for some 30 journals and 15
granting agencies and has supervised the research of more than 165
students, many of whom now hold leadership roles as research chairs,
senior university administrators, and senior scientists with
world-renowned status.

In recognition of his research, Taylor has received honorary doctorates
from Universite de Sherbrooke (Canada), London Institute for Applied
Research (England), Semmelweis University (Hungary), and the Ukrainian
State University of Physical Education and Sport (Ukraine). He also has
been inducted into five halls of fame and received recognition for his
contributions to sport and science. Taylor is a fellow of the American
College of Sports Medicine and honorary life member of the Canadian
Olympic Association. He has served as president of both the Sports
Medicine and Science Council of Canada and Canadian Society of Exercise
Physiology. Taylor has received the Honor Award from the Canadian
Society of Exercise Physiology, a Certificate of Recognition for
Contribution to Sport by the government of Ontario, and the
International Wrestling Federation Pin of Merit.

Taylor received his PhD from Washington State University in 1967.
Previously he was a member of the board of directors and the chair of
the Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging, which is affiliated with the
University of Western Ontario. He has also served as the director of the
Research Institute for Aging at the University of Waterloo in Ontario,
Canada.

In his free time, Taylor enjoys moose hunting, fishing, and playing
duplicate bridge. He and his wife, Catherine, live in Mississauga,
Ontario, Canada.

Michel J. Johnson, PhD, obtained his PhD from the University of
Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, in the area of neurovascular
physiology. His current research interests include strength training,
skeletal muscle metabolism, and autonomic nervous system regulation in
young and older subjects. He is currently an assistant professor of
kinesiology and a research member with the Interdisciplinary Research
Program on Safe Driving at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario,
Canada.

Johnson is a certified weightlifting coach and personal trainer. He is a
member of both the National Strength and Conditioning Association and
the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology.

In addition to teaching and developing exercise prescription and
physiology of aging courses at the university level, Johnson has been a
course developer in interprofessional education and health. His
experience in these areas combined with more than 15 years as a
strength-training consultant for national teams and coaching
associations has afforded him extensive practical experience in exercise
prescription with athletes and nonathletes of all ages.

Johnson lives in Thunder Bay, Ontario, with his wife, Nicole, and his
son, Patrick, where he spends his free time reading, resistance
training, and walking.